Screen LibraryPrecision agriculture : technology and economic perspectives /
This book presents cases from different countries with a main focus on the perspectives of using precision farming in Europe. Divided into 12 chapters it addresses some of most recent developments and aspects of precision farming. Precision farming as a farm technology benefits from large-scale adva...
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Springer,
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| Publisher Address: | Cham, Switzerland : |
| Publication Dates: | [2017] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Progress in precision agriculture,
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| Summary: |
This book presents cases from different countries with a main focus on the perspectives of using precision farming in Europe. Divided into 12 chapters it addresses some of most recent developments and aspects of precision farming. Precision farming as a farm technology benefits from large-scale advantages due to relatively high investment costs and is primarily adopted on farms with medium to large field areas. |
| Carrier Form: | xii, 276 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9783319687131 3319687131 |
| Index Number: | S494 |
| CLC: | F303.2 |
| Call Number: | F303.2/P923 |
| Contents: | Precision agriculture : from mapping to site-specific application / S.M. Pedersen and K.M. LInd -- Smart farming technologies : description, taxonomy, and economic impact / Athanasios T. Balafoutis, Bert Beck, Spyros Fountas [and 6 others] -- Economic potential of site-specific fertiliser application and harvest management / Markus Gandorfer and Andreas Meyer-Aurich -- Economics of site-specific and variable-dose herbicide application / Jens Erik Ørum, Per Kudsk, and Peter Kryger Jensen -- The economics and perspectives of site specific irrigation management in Australia / Robert Farquharson and Jon Welsh -- Auto-steering and controlled traffic farming : route planning and economics / Claus G. Sørensen, Efthymios Rodias, and Dionysis Bochtis -- Profitability of controlled traffic in grass silage production / Hans Alvemar, Hans Andersson, and Hans Henrik Pedersen -- Robotic seeding : economic perspectives / Søren Marcus Pedersen, Spyros Fountas, Claus G. Sørensen, Frits K. Van Evert, and B. Simon Blackmore -- Future perspectives of farm management information systems / Zisis Tsiropoulos, Giacomo Carli, Erika Pignatti, and Spyros Fountas -- Sustainable intensification in crop farming : a case from Estonia / Rando Värnik, Raiko Aste, and Jelena Ariva -- How to model the adoption and perception of precision agriculture technologies / Giacomo Carli, Vilma Xhakollari, and Maria Rita Tagliaventi -- Perspectives of precision agriculture in a broader policy context / Kim Martin Lind and Søren Marcus Pedersen. |